December 03, in the Official Facebook SMTOWN, they were released three photos where some young trainees of the company, Seul Gi, Jeno and Tae Yong, initiating an approach to his pre-debut team would be exposing themselves to appear public through different means.

SMROOKIES is a team of pre-debut, which tries to show the novice to the public before their debut. The team has no pre-debut conditions or requirements with respect to their training or membership and will give the novice the opportunity to collaborate in various ways and forms. So far they have out photos, videos of dancing, singing, and videos with other members of SM groups.

The rookie group will participate in events leading up to its official debut, they are free to form groups among themselves and show daily performances and trainings to the fans. Also they are participating in concerts and variety shows to win the hearts of the fans. You can be expected to perform covers of songs by artists of the same company and songs composed by themselves in open proceedings to show their talents.